Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30

lection and will open up at the next secret
session. Its purpose is stated to be to cor
rect the impression which prevails to some
extent that Mathews was rejected because
of his color and that the nomination was
made party question by the senate.
PETITION
Asking for the passage of a pending high
LIQUOR license bill will be presented TO the
house on Monday. The petition bears the
signatures OF the proprietors Of the follow
ing hotels: The Arlington, Wizards
Riggs. Wornleys, Welecker's, Metropoli-
tan National, st. James and Chamber
lain's. The bill referred to is senate bill
No l $50, introduced by Mr. Ingalls, Feb
ruary 10. 1886, and has already passed the
senate 1t increases the existing wholesale
license fee from S25 to $500, and the retail
liquor license from 800 to $500.
THE SECRETARY, HE COULDN'T SAT-.
Secretary Manning's attention was toda7
called to the published statements that he
expects shortly to resign from the treasury
to become the head of new bank in New
York; and an expression was invited from
him upon the subject because of its great
public interest. The secretary replied he
had not been offered the presidency of any
such bank: that according to his experience
it is customary to organize bank and elect
a board Of directors before selecting the
other officers. and so far as be knew this
had not been done. Mr. Nanning's re- |
marks indicated that he did not wish to APP |
pear as expressing in advance an opinion
upon contingency which had not arisen. /
The fact that several of Mr.. Manning's
friends are among the organizers of the pro-
posed new bank. and that a large number
of heavy subscriptions for the stock have
been made contingent upon Mr. Manning's
becoming president of it, gives color to the !
rumcrs.
EXCERPTS
The jury in the Emmons lunacy trial
rendered verdict that Mrs Emmons is
sane and capable of managing her own
affairs
Acting Secretary Fairchild today declar-
ed final dividend of . per cent in favor of
the creditors of the Worlds Exposition at
New Orleans, payable out Of the appropri |
alton of $3.50, 900 made by congress in aid
of the exposition.
The United States geological survey to-
day issued report on the mineral re-
sources of the United States for 1885. The
total miaeral product is valued at S429 600 |
GEO. an increase Of SIS, 900, 600 over 1884. !
Her Old Game OF Bluff.
CHICAGO, Jan. ga special to the
Times from Ottawa, Ont, says: 1t is pos
itively stated in official circles here tonight |
that the British government have, in &C
cordance with an appeal from the Domin
ion cabinet, given Sir John Mcdonald an
assurance thai if the fishery trouble is not
settled before the season opens they viii |
dispatch a squadron of their men-Of war to |
the fishing grounds to co operate with the /
Canadian vessels in enforcing the fishery |
regulations. This is the important com |
munication to which reference was made a /
few DAYS ago, that Sir Charles Upper was |
bearing from the British government, and /
which he LAID before the cabinet on We'd /
nesday last on his return from England. I |
similar course was pursued by the British |
government in 1870 before the treaty of |
Washington was signed. Sir John Ne I
Donald declines to confirm or deny the re
port
OTTAWA, Ont Jan EFT is officially
stated that the government, in response to !
received assurances from the imperial |
that men of-war will be dis |
patched to the maritime provinces in the |
spring for the purpose Of cooperation with |
Canadian cruisers in the enforcement of |
the fishery protective service. The promise |
Of the English government created much
in official circles and indicates
that American vessels will be more rigidly |
excluded from our waters during the next |
season than in the past. / cabinet minister
speaking on the subject expressed himself |
as follows:
| have come To the conclusion that !
American legislators having gone so far
will never Weld their consent to the APP |
pointment Of a commission. Gloucester |
fishermen will not venture into our waters
again in force, and next April will witness
the first startling falling OF in their trade. |
Two years hence the splendid yankee fish
ing fleet will be thing Of the past. Let
them resort to retaliation if they will and
the result will be that the game will work
both ways. Portland. now winter port
of Canada, will decline. while Halifax,
under the new order Of things, will flour
ish. Civil war between the eastern and
western states would follow the adoption of
Il retaliatory bill